Chile far-right candidate says migrants to pay for own deportation

CHILEAN far-right presidential front-runner Jose Antonio Kast said at the weekend that if elected he would force expelled migrants to pay for their own deportation.

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Kast, who is on his third bid for president, is polling in second place behind left-wing candidate Jeannette Jara ahead of the first round of the election on November 16.

But all polls show Kast easily defeating Jara if, as expected, the election goes to a second round in December.

In a TV debate with the seven other candidates, Kast repeated his pledge to deport all undocumented migrants.

"We will invite them to leave the country," he said, adding that they would all be required to "pay their ticket out of Chile".

Chile's immigrant population has grown exponentially in recent years.